Drifter
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Any label that gives us a false sense of understanding someone will become offensive in time. When that happens we switch to a new word for the label, not realizing it is the fact that it is a label that is what is offensive and not the word itself. Homosexual, queer, faggot, and gay are all just different spellings of the same label.SpAzpieSweeTot said:I think homosexual is offensive similarly to the way special needs can be offensive, or colored is offensive. The only time it's wrong to say gay is when one is making fun of another person for being gay, or using gay as a replacement for the word, "bad." For example, "That shirt looks so gay on you."
Let's stop calling ourselves ABDLs then. Maybe we should look for something more neutral.ABDLs are persecuted too.
How about LABELs?
This could apply to anyone outside the range of normal social robots. :rollseyes: